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Micro Fiber Cloth for Record Cleaning

Anyone using these? Someone on the Steriophile forum suggested that they're superior to carbon fiber brush. I bought a bag of 25 at Sam's today and started using them. They do indeed seem to get down in the groves. I played several brand new records which I hadn't scrubbed with Disc Doctor fluid and brushes and all were VERY quiet. I tried wiping the carbon fiber brush with micro fiber cloth and it did seem to clean the brush well, but the brush didn't grab into the grooves as well.

Be careful. One slipped out my hands and went spinning toward my one-hour old Sumiko Blackbird. Thankfully I grabbed the cloth before it wrecked the bird.

Dave
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oilmanmojo
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Evercare has a lint brush or lint mitt that is a stiff microfiber that i have found works great as a wet brush for records. the bristles are angled and directional similar to the oil discwasher but stiffer. i have found it works great at cleaning deep into the groove. you can find the brush at walgreens.
oilmanmojo
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Interesting results on the evercare brush. Not my experience but i do not use a lot of force when using any brush. i also have the mofi brush and the microfiber towels and pad that i use as part of my cleaning regiment depending on the circumstances. my experience has been the bristles on the evercare are great at cleaning deep in the grooves. You do not use much force but more of a back and forth motion similar to what you would do with the mofi or diskdoctor brush. I also alway use brushes wet or damp and never dry. If you are getting swirl marks, you are using far too much force.
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